68 Zoological Society. 



Total length, 65 inches; bill, 1; wing, 3; tail, 2J; tarsi, 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Nearly allied to Meliphaga sericea. 



Platycercus Adelaide. Plat, vertice, pectore, abdomine medio, 

 crissoque coccineis ; lateribus viridescenti-flavis ; uropygio sor- 

 dide olivaceo-flavo. 



Fully adult male. — Crown of the head, lores, sides of the neck, 

 breast and all the under surface scarlet, passing into pale greenish 

 yellow on the flanks ; cheeks and wing- coverts light lazuline blue ; 

 primaries deep blue, passing into black at the extremity ; back of the 

 neck yellowish buff; back black, each feather broadly margined 

 with greenish yellow, some of these marginations tinged with blue, 

 others with scarlet ; rump and upper tail- coverts dull greenish yel- 

 low, the latter tinged with scarlet; two centre tail-feathers greenish 

 blue; the remainder deep blue at the base, gradually becoming lighter 

 until almost white at the tip ; irides brown ; bill horn-colour ; feet 

 grayish brown. 



Total length, 13J inches; wing, 7; tail, 8; tarsi, \. 



Hab. South Australia. 



This species is subject to great change from youth to maturity ; 

 during the first few months it is almost wholly green, and this gra- 

 dually gives place to scarlet on the head, rump, under surface and the 

 margins of the back-feathers. 



Aquila morphnoides. Aq. capite cristd suboccipitali brevi, or- 

 nato ; facie nigrescente : corpore subtus rufo : plumis et pectoris et 

 abdominis strigd centrali nigrd notatis. 



Face, crown and throat blackish brown, tinged with rufous, giving 

 it a striated appearance, bounded in front above the nostrils with 

 whitish; feathers at the back of the head, which are lengthened 

 into a short occipital crest, back of the head, back, and sides of the 

 neck, all the under surface, thighs and under tail-coverts rufous, 

 all but the thighs and under tail-coverts with a stripe of black down 

 the centre of each feather ; back, rump and wings brown, the centre 

 of the wing lighter ; primaries brownish black, becoming darker at 

 the tip, and barred throughout with grayish buff, which is conspicu- 

 ous on the under surface, but scarcely perceptible on the upper, except 

 at the base of the inner webs ; under surface of the wing mottled 

 with reddish brown and black ; tail mottled grayish brown, crossed by 

 seven or eight distinct bars of blackish brown, the tips being lighter ; 

 cere and bill lead-colour, passing into black at the tip ; eye reddish 

 hazel, surrounded by a narrow blackish brown eyelash ; feet and toes 

 very light lead- colour. 



Total length, 21| inches; bill, lj; wing, 15 ; tail, 9J; tarsi, 2j. 



This species is very robust, and although but a small bird, is in 

 every respect a true Aquila. It is nearly allied to, but much stouter 

 than Aquila pennata. 



Hab. Yarrundi on the Upper Hunter, New South Wales. 



Buteo melanosternon. jB. rostro grandi, et elongato : guld,pec- 



